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Monday, August 07, 2006

Apple unveils new Mac Pro AND previews Leopard

Here's a special news alert from Macworld news: Apple completed the transition to Intel-based hardware today, releasing a high-end desktop called the Mac Pro. The desktop will sport two Intel dual core 64-bit Xeon chips running at speeds of up to 3GHz. The standard $2,499 Mac Pro configuration features two 2.66GHz dual-core Xeon processors, 1GB of 667MHz memory, 250GB of storage, an Nvidia GeForce 7300GT graphics card, and 16X DVD-burning SuperDrive. Go to http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/07/macpro/index.php for more details.

Apple also previewed 10 features from the next major update to OS X, code-named Leopard. Shipping next spring, Leopard includes major enhancements to iChat, Dashboard, Spotlight, and Mail. It also introduces new features such as the Time Machine backup capabilities and the Spaces application organizer. Go to http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/07/leopard/index.php for the latest on Leopard.

For all the latest details on the Mac Pro, Leopard and other WWDC announcements, check out our Apple Product Unveilings topic page at http://www.macworld.com/topics/appleevent/index.php -- we'll update the page all week.

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